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In reply to the discussion: Just a couple reasons Bernie can win the nomination IF he even runs [View all]StevieM
(10,500 posts)152. I disagree with you twice over.
Last edited Wed Apr 11, 2018, 09:06 PM - Edit history (1)
First, I don't agree that trade was the difference-maker in the midwest.
Second, I don't agree that it is reasonable to discount our party's chance in Florida, North Carolina and Arizona. We were going to win all of them, along with the midwestern battle ground states, until the final interventions by Comey and Putin. That entire election was turned upside down in the final 2 weeks.
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Just a couple reasons Bernie can win the nomination IF he even runs [View all]
Omaha Steve
Apr 2018
OP
He'll need to win more than Iowans, 1.5 million union members and Trump voters
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#3
Unfortunately for him I think he's turned off more voters in the last year than he's attracted....
George II
Apr 2018
#144
Bernie will also get a more indepth look from the press and political talking heads.
Blue_true
Apr 2018
#69
Wish you wouldn't post obviously inflamatory comments that are clearly against tos.
JCanete
Apr 2018
#116
what are you talking about? I'm trying to make a point about what is supposed to be accdeptable
JCanete
Apr 2018
#122
08 was way closer...and the primary was way less divisive...she worked her heart out for
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#53
She was great and put Pres. Obama's name in for' unanimous'. You know Sen. Sanders did not do
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#107
Her 2008 convention speech was so strong and unifying that even Keith Olbermann liked it.
LisaM
Apr 2018
#114
If he gets the nomination, Democrats will be viewed as so weak that they can't even find a
mia
Apr 2018
#18
A few weeks ago Elizabeth Warren was a speaker at a very important fundraiser/dinner....
George II
Apr 2018
#85
I don't think he can win. I think he is too old. He is not a Dem. So no, I don't think Democratic
OregonBlue
Apr 2018
#14
Agree...completely. Time to put 16 behind us it was an awful election and an awful year.
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#54
I suggest Twitter, and Facebook...and I can tell you even my kids won't vote for him again...you can
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#57
Sen Sanders has lost support and there have been polls that showed Joe Biden as more popular.
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#86
"Favorability" is very different than "If the election were held today, I would vote for him." nt
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#219
I will be consistent. I think it's a distraction to talk about Bernie as a candidate now, pro or con
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2018
#30
It might help if he switched his party designation from I to D a little earlier next time.
stopbush
Apr 2018
#31
Bernie doesn't like the Democratic party, so no reason to think he'll be our nominee.
KitSileya
Apr 2018
#34
Yes, but he's not succeeding in driving out the true blue core of the Democratic Party. Indeed....
George II
Apr 2018
#36
My understanding is that the $27 "average" donation wasn't really borne out in the stats
ehrnst
Apr 2018
#96
That would be union leadership endorsements, and not individuals that would vote.
ehrnst
Apr 2018
#106
1.5 million is actually 1.25 million, but even so that's less than 4% of members of unions....
George II
Apr 2018
#140
I cyte the facts of the 2016 campaign. All of this was true then ... and true now.
earthshine
Apr 2018
#130
They are based in facts and articles that I have been reading here and elsewhere for years.
earthshine
Apr 2018
#159
Isnt that a rightwing talking point? Or wait, maybe not theirs, let's look at this
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#179
You used the word "hate" four times in your post. On what do you base this personal attack?
George II
Apr 2018
#156
I still don't understand why you are here pressing an "I" and while you are at it....
BoneyardDem
Apr 2018
#200
April 14, 2016, sitting with Andrea Mitchell with the East River and Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop..
George II
Apr 2018
#199
I would not consider last time...whole different ball game this year. And Sen. Sanders has made
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#51
It is absolutely amazing to me that Bernies supporters continue insist that the Democratic Party
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#118
I think Sen Sanders has die hard fans almost like a rock star...it is an emotional response...not
Demsrule86
Apr 2018
#165
No one should run unless they produce 5 years of FULL returns before the first primary/caucus.
pnwmom
Apr 2018
#75
I am NOT a Bernie supporter, but I do think he can win the nomination in 2020
NewJeffCT
Apr 2018
#87
Anyone who wants to run should run, and the voters will decide. It's called Democracy.
vsrazdem
Apr 2018
#112
Everyone has the right to rn - but they dont have the right to use an organizations money and
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#120
Why would we nominate a guy who says he doesn't consider himself a Democrat?
MrsCoffee
Apr 2018
#124
+1. Definitely needs to take that to heart. IMHO Weaver was his undoing in 2016
emulatorloo
Apr 2018
#135
No. He is a good Senator for Vermont. However, he is not presidential material
emulatorloo
Apr 2018
#131
Trump did not win Rust Belt voters based on trade. He won them based on the same lies
StevieM
Apr 2018
#138
People from all parts of the country voted for one of the two candidates for all sorts of reasons.
StevieM
Apr 2018
#143
Dozens of links have been posted over the last year that back up what I wrote.
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#169
I have. And the opinions expressed by a few individuals do nothing to disprove the actual data.
Garrett78
Apr 2018
#208
With the release of her 2015 income taxes, Clinton has now released 39 years' worth of tax returns
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#193
I know of no one who didn't vote for Bernie in 2016 who would vote for him in 2020. I DO know plenty
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#220
In order for it to happen Sanders is going to have to run a more honest campaign.
NCTraveler
Apr 2018
#174
I can't think of any upside from another Sanders presidential campaign.
comradebillyboy
Apr 2018
#177
It looks like his highwater mark was February 2016, more than two years ago...
George II
Apr 2018
#216
They think if they just tell us AGAIN, only this time louder, how great Bernie is,
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#215